PBS Brings 'Sunshine' to Online Film Festival

Posted on March 22, 2012

The PBS Online Film Festival features 20 unique short films in various categories. From 'Girl Power' to 'Offbeat' and everywhere in between, PBS highlights the stories that only public media can tell.

             

Watch Sunshine: Single Dads on PBS. See more from PBS Online Film Festival.

Dig deep into your roots and welcome diversity with this week's 'Who Are We?' shorts. ITVS is proud to have Sunshine: Single Dads, a short companion piece to the ITVS documentary Sunshine. In this short, single parenthood becomes even more complicated when the parent is a father and that father is gay. Sunshine: Single Dads tells the male side of one family's unconventional parenting journey across generations. PBS will announce the People's Choice Winner on April 16th, so be sure to vote for your favorite film by clicking on the "like" button after watching the videos. For a complete listing of short included in the PBS Online Film Festival, please click here.

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